The spadenose shark (Scoliodon laticaudus) is one of the smallest members of the requiem shark family and found in shallow tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. The ...

A recent study revealed serious abnormalities in the reproductive systems of sharks, and they were caused by microplastics. The discovery points to a big pollution problem that could impact human ...

Sharks, skates and rays adapt their growth and reproduction to changing food availability, a new study reveals. Led by Newcastle University, the study analyzed how many young and how quickly a ...

Researchers from the UAB have shown that sex hormones accumulate in the skin of sharks. This finding opens a new way for the evaluation of their reproductive status by the biopsy of a sample that can ...

Until now, scientists have never understood where tiger sharks travel to mate. An aggregation of tiger sharks in Hawaii, tracked over six years, highlighted how tiger sharks might travel seasonally ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Márquez is a marine scientist and science communicator Sand tiger shark in an aquarium. (Photo by: BlueRed/REDA/Universal Images ...

Preface to the series / Barrie G.M. Jamieson -- 1. Phylogenetic relationships among the major lineages of modern elasmobranchs / Gavin J.P. Naylor, J.A. Ryburn, O. Fedrigo and J.A. Lopez -- 2.

A Louisiana aquarium welcomed a new baby shark to its facilities earlier this month, but staff are unsure of exactly where it came from. On Jan. 3, a swell shark egg hatched at Shreveport Aquarium in ...

Named for the distinctive gray stripes on the sides of their bodies, tiger sharks are one of the 50-60 requiem shark species within the order Carcharhinidae. Tiger sharks typically average 10-14 feet ...